Bio-Inspired Innovation and National Security: Biological Warfare, Biomolecular Engineering, DARPA, Abiotic Sensing, Biosensing and Bioelectronics, Bioenergy, Neurobiotics, Human Applications

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Author: Progressive Management ISBN: 9781301443420
Publisher: Progressive Management Publication: January 24, 2013
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Progressive Management
ISBN: 9781301443420
Publisher: Progressive Management
Publication: January 24, 2013
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English
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This edited volume is intended to help close this gap and provide the necessary backdrop for thinking strategically about biology in defense planning and policymaking.

This volume is about applications of the biological sciences, here called "biologically inspired innovations," to the military. Rather than treating biology as a series of threats to be dealt with, such innovations generally approach the biological sciences as a set of opportunities for the military to gain strategic advantage over adversaries. These opportunities range from looking at everything from genes to brains, from enhancing human performance to creating renewable energy, from sensing the environment around us to harnessing its power.

Topics covered include: biological warfare, biomolecular engineering, abiotic sensing, biosensors and bioelectronics, bioenergy, biotics, bio-inspired machines, DARPA, echolocating bats, neurobiotics, human applications, metabolic engineering, bioethics, biotechnology, and more.

Contents: Part one * PERSPECTIVES ON BIOLOGICAL WARFARE * Chapter 1 * Biotech Impact on the Warfighter * Chapter 2 * New Biological Advances and Military Medical Ethics * Chapter 3 * The Life Sciences, Security, and the challenge of Biological Weapons: An Overview . * Chapter 4 * Biological Warfare: A Warfighting Perspective * Part two * BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING * Chapter 5 * Abiotic Sensing * Chapter 6 * Biosensors and Bioelectronics * Chapter 7 * Bioenzymes and Defense * Chapter 8 * Bioenergy: Renewable Liquid Fuels * Chapter 9 * Bio-inspired Materials and Operations * Part three * BIO-INSPIRED MACHINES * Chapter 10 * Learning Unmanned Vehicle Control from Echolocating Bats * Chapter 11 * Neurorobotics: Neurobiologically Inspired Robots * Chapter 12 * Biomimetic, Sociable Robots for Human-Robot Interaction * Chapter 13 * Biomechanically Inspired Robotics * Chapter 14 * Biological Automata and National Security * Part four * HUMAN APPLICATIONS * chapter 15 * Enhanced Human Performance and Metabolic Engineering * chapter 16 * Functional Neuroimaging in Defense Policy * chapter 17 * Forging Stress Resilience: Building Psychological Hardiness * Chapter 18 * Neuroplasticity, Mind Fitness, and Military Effectiveness * Chapter 19 * Bio-inspired Network Science * Part five * IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE * Chapter 20 * Ethics and the Biologized Battlefield: Moral Issues in 21st-century conflict * Chapter 21 * Legal Issues Affecting Biotechnology * Chapter 22 * Building the Nonmedical Bio Workforce for 2040

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This edited volume is intended to help close this gap and provide the necessary backdrop for thinking strategically about biology in defense planning and policymaking.

This volume is about applications of the biological sciences, here called "biologically inspired innovations," to the military. Rather than treating biology as a series of threats to be dealt with, such innovations generally approach the biological sciences as a set of opportunities for the military to gain strategic advantage over adversaries. These opportunities range from looking at everything from genes to brains, from enhancing human performance to creating renewable energy, from sensing the environment around us to harnessing its power.

Topics covered include: biological warfare, biomolecular engineering, abiotic sensing, biosensors and bioelectronics, bioenergy, biotics, bio-inspired machines, DARPA, echolocating bats, neurobiotics, human applications, metabolic engineering, bioethics, biotechnology, and more.

Contents: Part one * PERSPECTIVES ON BIOLOGICAL WARFARE * Chapter 1 * Biotech Impact on the Warfighter * Chapter 2 * New Biological Advances and Military Medical Ethics * Chapter 3 * The Life Sciences, Security, and the challenge of Biological Weapons: An Overview . * Chapter 4 * Biological Warfare: A Warfighting Perspective * Part two * BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING * Chapter 5 * Abiotic Sensing * Chapter 6 * Biosensors and Bioelectronics * Chapter 7 * Bioenzymes and Defense * Chapter 8 * Bioenergy: Renewable Liquid Fuels * Chapter 9 * Bio-inspired Materials and Operations * Part three * BIO-INSPIRED MACHINES * Chapter 10 * Learning Unmanned Vehicle Control from Echolocating Bats * Chapter 11 * Neurorobotics: Neurobiologically Inspired Robots * Chapter 12 * Biomimetic, Sociable Robots for Human-Robot Interaction * Chapter 13 * Biomechanically Inspired Robotics * Chapter 14 * Biological Automata and National Security * Part four * HUMAN APPLICATIONS * chapter 15 * Enhanced Human Performance and Metabolic Engineering * chapter 16 * Functional Neuroimaging in Defense Policy * chapter 17 * Forging Stress Resilience: Building Psychological Hardiness * Chapter 18 * Neuroplasticity, Mind Fitness, and Military Effectiveness * Chapter 19 * Bio-inspired Network Science * Part five * IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE * Chapter 20 * Ethics and the Biologized Battlefield: Moral Issues in 21st-century conflict * Chapter 21 * Legal Issues Affecting Biotechnology * Chapter 22 * Building the Nonmedical Bio Workforce for 2040

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